Clothesline-coupling



H. F. DOYLE. CLOTHESLINE COUPLING. APPLICATION FILED MAR.29, 1920.

Patented July 13, 1920.

UNITED STATES HELEN F. DOYLE, 0F WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

CLOTHESLINE-GOUPLING.

manner.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 13, 1920.

Application filed March 29, 1920. Serial No. 369,457.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HELEN 'F. DOYLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in ClotheslineCouplings; and I do hereby declare the itollowing, when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings and the characters ofreference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, and which said drawings constitute part of this application,and represent, in-

Figure 1 a side view of a clothes-line coupling constructed inaccordance with my invention.

Fig. 2, a plan view of one of the members, detached.

Fig. 3, a plan view of detached.

This invention relates to an improvement in clothes-line couplings.Clothes lines are often arranged over a pulley adjacent to a the othermember,

- window and over a pulley fixed to a pole at some distance from thewindow, and usually the ends of the line are knotted together. Itfrequently happens that the runs of the line become twisted, or theclothes suspended on the lower run are blown over the upper run, whichmakes it desirable to separate the ends of the line to facilitateclearance, but to hold the lines and at the same time untie the knot isa difficult operation. The object of this invention is to provide asimple con" pling in two parts, one attached to each end of the line bywhich the ends may be readily connected or disconnected, and theinvention consists in the construction as hereinafter described andparticularly recited in the claims.

In carrying out my invention as shown, I employ two coupling members 1and 5 respectively formed with sockets 6 and 7 through which the ends 8and 9 of the clothes line extend, the ends being knotted to pre ventwithdrawal. The member i is in the iform of a plate which may haverounded edges 10 and 11 if desired. In this member is a longitudinalslot 12 and a transverse slot 13 near its inner end, opening into alongitudinal slot 14 and the longitudinal slots 12 and 14c are connectedby reversely turned diagonal slots 15 and 16. The other member 5 is head18 which is offset from the plane of the main portion of the member 5.The width of the head 18 corresponds to the length of the portion 12 oithe slot in member 1, so that it the members are turned at right anglesto each other, the head 18 may be inserted through the slot 12, and bemoved through the slots 15 and 16 to the slot 14.- irom which it may beturned into the slot 13, the inner corners of the slot 14 being roundedto give clearance for the neck to enter the slot 13. The members arethen turned into line with each other and the head 18 will rest upon theface of the member 1, and as the parts cannot be separated withoutreversing the movement just described, it is obvious that they are notliable to become accidentally detached but may be readily separated whenoccasion requires.

I claim v 1. A clothes-line coupling comprising two members each formedwith a socket, with which the ends of a clothes-line may be connectedonemember formed with a longitudinal slot and a transverse slot connectedby an unalined slot, and the other member formed with a neck and a headadapted to enter the longitudinal slot and be moved into the transverseslot, whereby the two members are coupled together.

2. A clothes-line coupling comprising two members each formed with asocket, with which. the ends of a clothes-line may be connected, onemember formed with an entrance slot and with a transverse locking slotshorter than the entrance slot, and with a slot intersecting the saidentrance and looking slots, and the other member formed with a neck anda head adapted to be inserted into the entrance slot and moved into thelocking slot, whereby the two members are coupled together.

In testimony whereot, I have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

HELEN F. DOYLE.

Witnesses ROBERT T. SHEEHAN, PATRICK HEALEY.

formed with a reduced neck 17 and a

